1. Did the Ninth Circuit—in direct conflict with
the Seventh Circuit—erroneously fail to recognize that
28 U.S.C. § 636(c) precludes the parties from selecting
a particular magistrate judge to preside over their conflict and that, when they do so, the magistrate judge
does not obtain jurisdiction over the matter?

2. Did the Ninth Circuit—contrary to the text of
18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(1)(A), the purpose of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and decisions of this Court and
other circuit courts—err in holding that a court can order prospective relief in a civil action relating to prison
conditions without first finding that the defendant actually violated the prisoner's federal rights?

Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in allowing parties to choose their own magistrate judge and in permitting prospective relief in a prisoner case without finding a specific constitutional violation